THAI Airways International (THAI) clarified that its passenger jet’s right winglet got damaged after hitting an EVA plane at Tokyo’s Haneda Airport at 11 a.m. local time (9 a.m. in Thailand) Saturday (June 10) but there were no injuries, Matichon newspaper said.

 

The THAI plane, Flight TG 683, was taxiing to fly back to Suvarnabhumi Airport in Bangkok while EVA’s jet, Flight BR 189, was en route to Taipei when the accident occurred.

 

There were no injuries with there being 264 passengers on the THAI flight and 207 passengers aboard the EVA passenger jet.

 

by TNR Staff

 

Top photo: The THAI jet’s winglet damaged after hitting the EVA jet. Twitter photo by persian_Kuri and published by Matichon

 

Full story: https://thainewsroom.com/2023/06/10/thai-airplanes-winglet-damaged-after-hitting-eva-jet/

 

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Passengers on THAI plane involved Tokyo airport incident return home

 

 

About 100 passengers on a Thai Airways International (THAI) aircraft, which was involved in a taxi-way incident at Tokyo’s Haneda airport Saturday, have been arriving in Thailand yesterday and today, according to the Civil Aviation Authority of Thailand (CAAT).

 

The CAAT said in a statement that THAI arranged for two flights, by All Nippon Airways and Japan Airlines, to fly some back to Bangkok yesterday, with the remainder to follow today.

 

The THAI plane collided with an EVA Airways aircraft on a taxi-way, damaging a wing on the THAI, leaving it unable to fly, said the CAAT.

 

Full story: https://www.thaipbsworld.com/passengers-on-thai-plane-involved-tokyo-airport-incident-return-home/

 

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Yes, that's right, go on......type it......two words, first one begins with "B".

 

 

Edited June 11, 20233 yr by Enoon

25 minutes ago, Enoon said:

 

Yes, that's right, go on......type it......two words, first one begins with "B".

 

 

erm....."Bloody hell"?  "Buxxer me"?  "Boeing again"?

Edited June 11, 20233 yr by blazes

Brake failure clearly ????

How daft can those pilots be to not to pay attention where they're taxiing.

Why anyone would fly with this over rated, over priced airline escapes me!

1 hour ago, 2baht said:

Why anyone would fly with this over rated, over priced airline escapes me!

Shareholders?

2 hours ago, 2baht said:

Why anyone would fly with this over rated, over priced airline escapes me!

Not sure about your experience flying with TG but I flew very recently with TG from Melbourne to BKk economy class and I couldn't fault the service, the compatible fare and the flight as a whole and I'm the complaining type of person when it is warranted to do so.

Edited June 12, 20233 yr by ezzra

heavy rain to blame

6 hours ago, 2baht said:

Why anyone would fly with this over rated....

Exactly! Prior to this, Thai Airways had an International Safety Rating of 5/7. Clearly this should now be downgraded further after this latest incident. 

Perhaps a microsleep.....

Could have been worse and happened in the air!

9 hours ago, Enoon said:

 

Yes, that's right, go on......type it......two words, first one begins with "B".

 

 

Bloody Thai driver! No dashcam

13 hours ago, webfact said:

(THAI) clarified that its passenger jet’s right winglet got damaged after hitting an EVA plane

Well I never - not so "smooth as silk"!!

10 hours ago, ezzra said:

Not sure about your experience flying with TG but I flew very recently with TG from Melbourne to BKk economy class and I couldn't fault the service, the compatible fare and the flight as a whole and I'm the complaining type of person when it is warranted to do so.

Agreed, compared to Qantas Thai is luxury. 

23 hours ago, ezzra said:

How daft can those pilots be to not to pay attention where they're taxiing.

There is not much clearance between two heavies if both are right on the centerline on some taxiways/intersections have wingspan restrictions buried in 20 pages of airport info.

Ground controller error could even be a factor.  Or one plane just stopped short of where the should be and the other guy though they had enough room?

Ok. Lets hear all the ridicule. And lets pretend that this doesn't happen a couple times a year somewhere in the world. 

1 hour ago, Harsh Jones said:

Ok. Lets hear all the ridicule. And lets pretend that this doesn't happen a couple times a year somewhere in the world. 

Don't planes have little warning beepers on proximity detectors like  women need for reversing?

1 hour ago, Harsh Jones said:

Ok. Lets hear all the ridicule. And lets pretend that this doesn't happen a couple times a year somewhere in the world. 

 

36 minutes ago, jacko45k said:

Don't planes have little warning beepers on proximity detectors like  women need for reversing?

I don't believe that they do, no. The TCAS system does not function on the ground.